Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writer (WGA):

Matt Dorff (written by)

Release Date:

14 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

Tornadoes, hurricanes, blackouts...There is no shelter from this storm!

Plot:

A hurricane heading North from the Gulf of Mexico meets a tornado over Chicago. The new superstorm wreaks havoc.

Plot Keywords:

Twister | Storm | Falling Glass | Catastrophe | Explosion

Cast

Thomas Gibson	...	Mitch Benson
Nancy McKeon	...	Amy Harkin
Chandra West	...	Rebecca Kerns, Lexer Senior Vice President for Public Relations
Brian Markinson	...	Chris Haywood
Nancy Anne Sakovich	...	Jane Benson (as Nancy Sakovich)
Randy Quaid	...	Tornado Tommy
Dianne Wiest	...	Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
Brian Dennehy	...	Andy Goodman
Ari Cohen	...	Dan London, Lexer Corp Engineer & Whistleblower
Christopher Shyer	...	Craig Shilts
Andrew Jackson	...	Walt Ashley
Arnold Pinnock	...	Jason
Hollis McLaren	...	Helen Travers
Janaya Stephens	...	Laura Harkin
Petra Wildgoose	...	Lindsay Benson

Also Known As:

Overload (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

174 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

MAT IV

Trivia:

The Enron scandal was briefly mentioned in this movie.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: As the storm batters Chicago, we see a montage of storm shots. There are palm tress in at least two of these shots.

Quotes:

[after seeing three tornadoes]
Tornado Tommy: I got triplets! I got triplets!

Movie Connections:

References Twister (1996)

Waste of time

I was sitting at home and flipping channels when I ran across what potentially sounded like an interesting film. I like Destruction type movies and decided to watch it. I don't know why but I ended up watching it the whole 2 hours. We have seen this type of movie I don't know how many times.

Back in 1998 - 2000 there were dozen of films that dealt with global destruction of some sort. The best one on my list so far is Deep Impact which was more believable than this one. Here are my problems with this film: 1) cheap special effects, like something out of the old computer. 2) no background information or explanation on weather patterns. If you are going to make a movie about weather, at least have some decency to entertain the viewer with technical details. 3) How come only 2 or 3 people figure out that the storm is converging on Chicago... no more experts left in the field? 4) where are some interesting characters? I truly don't care for anyone except maybe the pregnant woman. I felt that there was no character development. 5) no thought provoking moment what so ever and factually incorrect theme. And this is only the first part of the film. I bet the conclusion will show us few destruction scenes and a search and rescue operation just like it has been done many times before. And judging by the special effects in the first part of the movie, I can only imagine what we are to expect. Of course, at the end, the main characters will survive and life will go on... how original